A stroll along the Seine, left bank then right bank, on a festive day: Mariage Frères wanted to capture all the charm of Paris in Paris in Love, an oolong tea (blue tea) scented with elegant notes of rose and red berries. The blue tea, a semi-oxidised oolong, gives a golden, smooth liquor, sweeter than that of a black tea.

The declared composition combines tea, rose petals, blue flowers and aroma, with possible traces of nuts. Caffeine content is low. We offer it in a box of 30 round cotton muslin sachets, made in France, for a net weight of 75 g; the box, in sunny colours, evokes the brilliance of the City of Light.

The liquor is golden and smooth. Rose comes first, sweet and fragrant, then the red berries bring a tangy sweetness, and the velvety oolong leaves a long, round finish, without bitterness. It is a tender scented tea, which pleases from the first cup, and which can be served to those who do not drink black tea.

It is drunk in the afternoon, plain, with macarons, a strawberry fraisier, a raspberry tart or rose biscuits, and makes a very successful rosy, fruity iced tea for sunny days. As a gift, the box says it all.

Allow 1 muslin sachet per 200 ml of water at 95 °C and four minutes’ steeping. La Boutique du Thé, official stockist of Mariage Frères since 1999, offers you Paris in Love in its shops in Bordeaux and Nice; keep the box closed, dry and away from light and odours.